Tom McGarry – Deputy Director of External Affairs, National Grid

Tom is Deputy Director of External Affairs for National Grid Strategic Infrastructure. He has led consultation and communications campaigns in aviation, retail, housing and energy across all of the regions and nations of the UK. He led EDF Energy’s Regional External Affairs and Development Team for Sizewell C, the new nuclear power station which is being built on the Suffolk coast. Sizewell C received a Development Consent Order to build and operate the station in 2022. Tom oversaw the legally binding financial commitments and pledges to communities and the local environment. He joined National Grid in 2023 and leads the Team delivering consultation and community relations for the Great Grid Upgrade, the largest renewal of the Grid in England and Wales in decades. Tom lives in Suffolk with his two children, five minutes by foot from Ipswich Town Football Club.